Mystical Fictions

Mystical Fictions is Cal Nordt's first published book of poems. Cal is a 1972 Cum Laude graduate of Yale, where his senior thesis for a BA in English was a book of his own poetry and he was Editor of The Spider's Web literary magazine. His first poem after that, "Physics," was a Finalist in the NC State Poetry Contest, leading to "Dark" and "Relativity." Soon after, the three science-oriented poems, led by "Physics," received Honorable Mention in the 2010 Press 53 Open Poetry Awards. "A Day at the Lake" was a semifinalist in the NC State Poetry Contest in 2010. His poems have been in The Raleigh Quarterly, The News & Observer (Raleigh NC), The 2009 poetrySPARK Anthology, Referential Magazine, Quantum Fairy Tales, Word Salad Poetry Magazine, and recently three poems in Visions International magazine's past two issues. "Impact" won Honorable Mention in the 2017 Flyleaf Poetry Contest. "Panic Ensues" was selected for display in some North Carolina cities by Poetry in Plain Sight for February '18.